At the moment, Lynn was waking up in the hospital, her head was still hurting like crazy. But now that her condition has been stabilized, she was finally free to leave and head back home. There were still a few bandages over her bruised nose and her eye was still sore, but it was nothing she felt like she couldn't handle. As she got out of bed, her overconfidence was starting to get the better of her as a doctor did try to help, but she said she could walk on her own...and then she fell on her face. Heading for the door, Lynn saw Lori next to Vanzilla, looking concerned as she seemed to be lost in her own thoughts. It was only when Lynn snapped her back to reality, did the older sister react...
"Lori?", said the younger sister.
Lori replied, "Huh? Oh, hey Lynn."
"What's wrong? You looked zoned out for a second.", asked Lynn."
"I'll tell you about it on the way home.", Lori said.
After a little while of driving, Lori told Lynn everything; Lincoln had ran away. Lynn was...conflicted, she didn't know what to think of it. Should she blame herself? Had she gone too far again? One thing's for sure, her suffering wasn't gonna end with her brother's disappearance. A few moments later, they arrived back home, and upon opening the front door, Lori and Lynn bared witness to the huge state of panic the rest of sisters they were in. It had been like this all day after finding out their brother was gone, but that soon changed when Lori and Lynn came through the door...
"You...", said Luna. Getting enraged.
"What?", Lynn said, unprepared for what came next. Before anybody said anything else, Luna was about to pounce onto Lynn, wanting to tear her limb from limb. Luckily, the others stopped her when she was just inches away from killing Lynn.
She yelled out, "THIS. IS. YOUR. FAULT!"
"Can you stop?! Can you stop for a second?! I've already had it, alright?!", complained Lynn. "I knew I went too far when Lincoln punched me in the face; I get it already! I'm sorry!"
"Well! Maybe you oughta make yourself useful now and actually make up for your mistake by helping us find him!", scream Luna.
"Calm down, Luna!", yelled Lori. "Yelling in Lynn's face isn't gonna help us solve our problems."
"Fine then!", Luna said. "If you're gonna side with her, don't even talk to me!"
"I'm not siding with-GAH!", Lori said, frustrated. "Man, everything's literally snowballing right now!"
"Snowballing? It's not even winter.", said Leni, naively.
"Not what I MEANT, Leni!", Lori yelled out. "Our family is ready to tear each other apart at the moment, and all because Lincoln ran away! There's no point in talking to Luna at the moment. She's ticked."
"Ticked? she's just mad.", Leni said.
Lori groaned in frustration.
"And I don't blame her too.", continued Leni, "She was pretty attached to Lincoln. I think I recall him saying that Luna was one of his favorite sisters."
"I know that, Leni.", Lori said, frustrated. "But that doesn't give her the right to try to kill Lynn. Let alone, get angry at me."
"Well, maybe you shouldn't have ticked her off.", said Leni, continuing with her naive streak.
"I WAS TRYING TO-!", Lori stopped herself from yelling. "GOSH, I don't think I could handle you any longer, Leni!"
"...What's that supposed to mean?", Leni said, feeling a little hurt.
"What do you think it means?", Lori said, before realizing something. "Wait, that's a stupid question because YOU barely even think."
"I can think! I always think of stuff!", remarked Leni.
"Maybe when it involves fashion, but besides that, your head is pretty much empty!", complained Lori.
"No, it's not!", argued Leni. "My brain's in it."
"Well then, maybe you just never use it!, said Lori, before saying something she would soon regret. "If I were to think of anybody who was the dumbest person on this planet, it'd be YOU, Leni! Because that's what you are, the world's dumbest PERSON!"
Her voice echoed throughout the house when Lori said that, and it was at that moment, Lori realized what she said as soon as she saw the tear beginning to form around Leni's eyes.
"I think I could see why Lincoln left in the first place.", Leni said with a breaking voice.
"...L-Leni, I-", started Lori, before being interrupted.
"Lori!"
Hearing her father's voice made Lori turn to see both her parents upstairs, and they were NOT looking happy...
"Upstairs. Now.", Rita commanded.
"B-but it's not...guys, help me out here!", Lori begged of her sisters.
All her sisters stepped back from Lori and shook their heads 'no' in shame of her...
"Help yourself, Lori.", Lana said.
Without seeing much of another option, Lori slowly made her way upstairs so that her parents confront her. Leni, on the other hand, who her sisters tried to comfort after the hurtful things Lori said to her, merely ran to her room and slammed the door behind her. At the moment, Lori sat, faced down in front her parents...
"I don't even know where to begin.", Rita said.
"Mom, I didn't mean it.", Lori argued. "I swear, that just came out."
"Really?", Lynn Sr. asked sarcastically. "Because it was words like those that made Lincoln leave in the first place."
"I swear, I'm literally sorry for what I just said.", Lori said, starting to get upset.
"Don't tell us that you're sorry, tell Leni.", Rita informed her daughter. "And just for the record, Lori, Leni can't help being who she is."
"And she's definitely not stupid.", Lynn Sr. continued. "She's just so...innocent. And some people love her for it."
"I know. I do too.", Lori said. But with everything going on right now, it's hard to stay calm."
Rita replied, "You shouldn't have to take your stress out on your siblings."
Lori said nothing after that.
Meanwhile, Lynn and Lucy decide to be the ones to see how Leni was doing. Cautiously opening the door, in hopes that Leni doesn't react badly upon them showing up, the two roommates step into her room and saw her bring her head up to see them, only for her to continue crying into a pillow...
"Uh, Leni? Are you okay?", asked Lynn.
Yes, I'm just fine, now get out.", Leni said with a muffled voice."
"Leni...I just came by to say that I'm sorry.", Lynn sighed.
Sorry? For what?", Leni asked. "For what Lori said, don't be."
"No, I mean...I'm sorry, because I'm the whole reason this is happening.", explained Lynn. "I'm the reason Lincoln ran away and why everything seems to be falling apart for us."
"...It's alright. You didn't mean it.", Leni said.
"It's not alright though.", Lynn argued.
"I'm not gonna hold it against you.", said Leni, remorsefully. "I'm not that kind of person."
"You don't have to keep blaming yourself, Lynn." Lucy added on. "Even the spirits know what it's like to be missing loved ones."
"But if they're spirits, couldn't they all be together?", asked Leni.
"The spiritual realm isn't exactly...united, Leni.", explained Lucy. "Often, spirits that are related to one another are separated onto different points of the astral plane, never to be with each other again."
"Yeesh, that's dark.", Lynn remarked.
Lucy replied, "I know."
"Well, thanks for trying to showing some remorse, guys.", Leni thanked her sisters. "But I think I'd just rather be alone."
"If you say so.", replied Lynn.
And with that, the two left Leni alone, but didn't close the door behind them and Leni was still too upset to get out of bed. Fortunately, her sadness got the attention of someone else, someone who really hates to see her siblings upset. She made her way to Leni's bed, and tried to perch herself up on it...
"I told you guys, I'd rather be left-"
Before Leni finished, she didn't see anyone, all except for Lily, her little baby sister, who was trying to get herself onto the bed...
"Oh, hey Lily...you wanna climb up, don't you?", Leni asked her baby sister.
Lily nods.
"Come here.", Leni sighed as she picked up Lily. "You know, I'm not feeling too good about all this. I really miss Lincoln, you know?"
"Wincoln?", Lily asked, confusingly.
"Yes, Lincoln. What I wouldn't give to see him right now.", Leni said. "If he were here, none of the stuff that's happened would be happening."
Lily was left confused, "Hmm?"
"It still doesn't change what did happen, though.", sighed Leni.
Seeing the sad face on her older sister, Lily lets out a smile in hopes of lightening her sister up. Luckily, Leni comes through. The next thing Lily does is climb up to her sister and rests her head on her shoulder. Leni found her baby sister playfully stroking her long blonde hair.
"Well, at least I got you around.", Leni said, feeling better.
Outside the door, Lynn and Lucy were peaking in, and were pleased to see that Leni was starting to feel happy again. They only hoped it last.
She then asked, "Too bad we can't just go and find Lincoln ourselves. Huh, Lily?"
It was then that Leni and Lily now had the same idea in mind.
"Wait a minute, who says we can't?", Leni says with confidence. "We can go find Lincoln ourselves!"
"Wha?", Lily said.
"What?", Lynn and Lucy said in sync
"Yeah, we can do this! Are you with me, Lily?", Leni asked her baby sister.
Lily nods excitedly.
Then let's do it!", said Leni. "We leave at bedtime!"
Later that night, Where it seems as if everyone was asleep, Leni managed to slip out of bed and get herself ready to head out. Having to move swiftly and quietly, she picks up Lily and they both head towards Lincoln's room.
"You know the front door's an option, right?"
Fearing they got caught, Leni and Lily turn around and were saw that standing behind was Lynn, who was looking a little serious right now.
"Lynn? You're not gonna rat us out, are you?, asked Leni.
"I'm no snitch.", said Lynn. "I wanna come with you."
"What?", Leni said confusingly.
"I need to see him, Leni. I need to let Lincoln know that I am sorry.", explained Lynn. "I already got what I had coming, but I don't want him to hate me forever."
"Oh, Lynn. That's sweet of you, it really is. But do you think it's a good idea for you to come along?", Leni asked. "Lincoln would definitely NOT want to see you. No offense."
"Please, Leni. I need to do this.", begged Lynn.
"I'm sorry, Lynn, I can't., said Leni unhappily. "You and Lincoln, you two kinda need to be away from each other for right now. But don't worry, I will bring him back."
With that said, Leni turned to Lincoln's door and was to open it, but not before Lynn stopped them once more. She says to them, "Listen...when you find Lincoln, if you do...just let him know that I am sorry."
"...I will.", Leni said. "Don't worry."
And with all that said, Leni opens the door to Lincoln's room a d heads for the window. She decides to use the same way Lincoln used in order to get out and begins to climb through the window, seeing the mattress directly below her...
"Okay, here it goes."
But, unfortunately, Leni seemed to have found herself...stuck. She tried to push herself through, putting her hands onto the side of the wall, but she wouldn't budge. Lynn, still standing where she was, couldn't help but snicker a little, due to how silly Leni looks right now...
"Uh, Lily? A little help?"
Left with no choice, Lily began trying and push Leni through with her tiny hands. But it almost seemed impossible to make a budge with her little baby strength. So then, she motions over to Lynn so that she could help out...
"Oh no. I think you got this. Keep going.", says Lynn, laughing at the situation.
Lily groans at her sisters incompetence.
Beginning to use her shoulders instead, Lily continued to try and push her sister through the window. Feeling Lily try to work from her side, Leni did the same and tried to get herself from her own side even harder. After a little while, the two finally managed to get Leni free as she ends up falling and landing on the mattress.
"Thanks, sis.", said Leni, dazed. "Alright Lily, your turn."
Then Lily did something that no parent would ever want their child to do. She jumped off a two story window and Leni carefully caught her in her arms...
"That was a close one.", Leni said. "It took a while to get me through the window, huh? Thanks for trying to help, Lily. You're stronger than you look."
The baby Loud rolled her eyes, knowing that Leni was the one practically doing all the work...
"I guess the windows a little too small for me."
Lily babbled something to Leni.
"What? You think I'm too big for the window?", asked Leni.
"Yah.", said Lily.
"Hmph. Anyway, let's go find our brother.", Leni then said, as they headed off.